Clip for holding papers, clothing, &amp;c.



' UNITED STATES Patented July 19, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK M. BULKLEY, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOHENRY C. FRESHOUR, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

CLIP FOR HOLDING PAPERS, CLOTHING, 81.0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 765,553, dated July 19,1904.

Application filed April 16, 1904. Serial No. 203,415. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, FRANK M. BULKLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bridgeport, county of Fairlield, State of Connecticut,

have invented a new and useful Clip for Holding Papers, Clothing, &c.,of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to provide an inexpensive and practicalskeleton clip which shall consist simply of two corresponding membersand a spring which may be readily assembled and attached together, thusreducing the cost of construction to the minimum, which shall be neatand attractive in appearance, and which shall be equally adapted to bemade in large or small sizes, so as to be used for a paper-clip, aclothes-pin, or any of the various uses to which clips and spring-pinsare commonly applied.

With these ends in view I have devised the simple and novel clip which Iwill now describe, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, and using reference characters to indicatethe sev- Z3 eral parts.

Figure 1 is an elevation illustrating the use of'my novel clip, themembers thereof being shown as made of wire; Fig. 2, an end viewcorresponding with Fig. 1; Fig. 3, an elevation with the spring intransverse section, illustrating a skeleton form of my novel clip madefrom sheet metal; and Fig. L is a similar view illustrating a form inwhich solid sheetmetal members are used.

3 5 My novel clip comprises two members, (indicated by A,) which may bemade of wire or sheet metal, and a spring, (indicated by B.)

C denotes an article held by the two members. 4o portion (indicated by10) and an eye or fingerpiece, (indicated by 11.) The special shape ofthe clamping portion and the finger-piece is of course immaterial so faras the principle of the invention is concerned. I have shown theclamping portion as made substantially triangular in form, the base oroperative portion being straight and the sides converging to form a neck12, above which is the eye or finger-piece, which is wider than theneck.

Each member consists of a clamping The skeleton form of the invention,as illus- 5o trated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, is the preferred form, for thereason that it is light, amply strong, requires less metal, and isexceedthe under side of the eyes on opposite sides of the necks, asclearly shown, whereby the 5 spring is retained in place and the twomembers retained in the clamping position. A wire spring may besubstituted for the sheetmetal spring, if preferred. The action of thespring is to throw the eyes outward away 7 from each other, andconsequently to press the lower ends of the clamping portions towardeach other, causing them to grip firmly any article or articles that maybe placed between them as, for example, a number of papers or when madeof suitable size a clothes-line with articles of clothing thereon.Constructed in the manner shown the power of the spring is very great,and the pressure of the clamping portions upon an article or articlesgripped 30 between them is more than ample for any of the ordinaryconditions of use. hen the members are made of wire, in order that theremay be no break in the continuity of the visible portions I place thejoints between the 5 ends of the pieces of wire under the tongues,

as indicated at 14 in Fig. 1, both ends of the wire being gripped andheld firmly by the tongue which incloses them.

Having thus described my invention, I 9 claim 1. A clip comprising twocorresponding members each consisting of a gripping portion, a neck anda finger-piece, and a spring whose central portion lies between themembers and the ends of which extend upward and are provided withtongues which inclose the finger-pieces on opposite sides of the necks.

the neck a finger-piece, and a spring whose central portion lies betweenthe members, the ends being curved upward and provided with tongueswhich inclose the lower portions of the finger-pieces on opposite sidesof the necks, the ends of each piece of wire being inclosed by one ofthe tongues.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK M. BULKLEY. Witnesses A. M. VVoos'rER, S. W. ATHERTON.

